Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 4292, Thomas Gaddis, Pa. Va.

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SERVICE
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Gaddis Thomas
Gaddis Thomas, Pa. & Va. S.H. 292
CONTENTS
Commissions & letters
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Mr. Gadeles Esq. was duly sworn to the within Commission this 10 th day of March 1877
Attest: Mrs. M. Gadeles
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20

D o Colo d
25 in Mile Road 7 th 1777
You are to take the Command of the Men On the several Stations of this County and give the Officers Directions to see that the Inhabitants have Gubard to have their Cattle and Grain secured if Possible And make a Report to me of what number of Officers and men are on the several Stations at any Convenient Opportunity & &c from your very
Plum Serv t
To Colo d Thos Gaddis
Daniel M c Farland Colo d

Thomas Gaddis and Co.
Set 7 June, 1832 -
had 2 yrs Cr. $600
for ann - from 4 March 1831 to 10 June, 1834,
when he died -
Payable to Ruth McCoy, from Gaddis,
Leah Runnells & Rev. Gaddis, his only surrog. child.
For no pay now a $600 per ann to be deducted -
Cash sent to
De Munn & Coombs
Penns.

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Brief in the case of Thomas Gadsden et al County and State of Ala act
Claim, ( "original" or "for increase.")
Proof exhibited, (if original.)
Is it documentary, traditional, or supported by rolls? If either, state the substance.
Documentary.
(If for increase.)
Has additional evidence been filed since the admission of the claim? If so, what?
Name and residence of Agent
Dickins & Coombs Prussia
Superior Examining Clerk.

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Col Thomas Gaddis - which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? V. * Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? 160 VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal?

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service?
No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it?
Not
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Documentary evidence & living witnesses
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service?
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses?
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct?
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shown under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
☞ In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Genl.
Fort Pitt Wednesday 19 th Dec r 1775
I propose going over the River Ohio, into the Indian Country the first of next Month. — and as I am apprehensive, I will be disappointed in the Troops expected from Virginia, I must request of you to get two hundred of the Militia of your Country ready for a March as they will be soon ordered. — with their Arms, Accoutrements & Clothing, & properly Officer according to Law. — either by Draft, or otherwise as you think proper — I will be glad to hear from you when you are Ready. — I am Sir Your most ob t Serv t
Leah l M c Intosh Esq r Com d of Western Dept.
To The Lieut. of Monongahela Country. or to Col. Gaddis.

In Public Service
No.
Col. Thomas Gaddis.
Esopus near Laurel Hill

Dear Col.
June 28 th day 1778.
His Excellency the Governor Orders to me directed makes it necessary to hold a Court martial for the trial of Col. Zach ry Morgan — I do hereby give Tuesday the 11 th day of July next for the above Purpose to meet at the House of Theop h Philips at 10 O'clock on the Day at which time and place you d Please to Attend as a member. In the mean time you d Please to Summons all the captains in your Battallion. I have to Col. Evgans to Summons the captains in his Apartment. Direct the captains to make Returns of their respective companies at that time as we have never had any Returns made regular & it will be very necessary for us to hold Court that week as there is a quantity Arms Ammunition wabb cards & Scap provided for us — I am Sir
Rev. William Morgan Rev. Thomas Griffin Rev. Joseph Morgan Rev. Samuel Still

August 25 1844 Thomas Reed. Zachariah Springer Christian Wedman Jacob Sutton Calib Reed Joshua Reed
Aug 26 Edward Hufn Benjamin Brownfield Obadiah Stillwell Isaac Sutton. Senr. James Moy Charles Brownfield Jeremiah Goad Conrad Walters Senior Robert Jackson George Troutman. John Drake Arthur Hasty Jeremiah Goad Conrad Walters Junr. Michael Walters Christian Panis Andrew Jackson Thomas Beadey Junr. James Beadey John Province Joseph Cox John Mason Wm. Saugherty Peter Hamilton Christopher Capely John Hufniman Reuben Waits Ephraim Waits
Wm. Wellington John Cox Isaac Cox Elias Dagle Michael Debolt Henry Beemly James Brown Jacob Franks Valentine Cooper Philip Mason John Borchman John Royce Michael Moor Abraham Beemly Nicolous Crauser John Artman Jacob Riffle George Gatt Conrad Brandebury John Wait John Andrews Lewis Bonnett Richard Poundstone Abraham Herger Phillip Lawrence Isaac McDonald Samuel Brownsmith James White Jesse York James Stewart Daniel Wood Bazel Bowers Jeremiah Sharay James H. Key David McDonald Lewis Small John Bunting John Holt

A true List of the Men that have taken the oath of allegiance before the 8th of Gaddis

August 27 1877
Benjamin Sutton Benjamin Bright David Bright M rs B. Bright W m Linnaway Daniel Stephens David Evans Robert Jones John Evans Zacariah Evans Charles Tole John Garrard John Garrard W m Burk James Allen Christian Keeler Samuel Young Jacob Frober Francis Bannan Samuel Blackford Justice Garrard Joseph Morris Joseph Swarbrick Samuel Graybill (affirmed) David Graybill (affirmed) Alexander Bryant James Cooke Samuel Brown Jacob Jackson Henry Wall Benjamin Smalley John Guttery W m Burk Senr. James Willson y c James Barrard Pros Capley Elias Garrard
Joseph Preket John Preket Robert Tyler Percy Cheneweth John Lammie Henry John John Gough George Morris Moses Tyler John Gough Senr. John Potter Joseph Brown John Eastwood Abraham Vanmeter John Vantrues Peter Goosey Abner Eastwood Jonathan Morris John Martin Moses Lambard Arthur Cheneweth Henry Jackson John Craft Peter Gough Samuel Barrard Joseph Morris William Hudson Amos Morris Philip Nicholson John Nicholson Matthias Martin James Stone (affirmed) William Wall John Wall Henry Frank August 30 Charles Sanderson

  octob 4 1811.  James Kendal  Sept 4 th     Thos Kendal      John Phipps  Don McFet    octob 9  Richard Powel  oct 11 William Watson     James Hamilton      Jonathan Morris  Dec 10     David Reed     octob 10  Charles Brins  Dec 19 John Stewart     Richard Parr     oct 11  Moses Carr      Obadiah Truax     oct 15  Thos Headley  sur    oct 17  Richard Brownfield     oct 27  P. C. Brown     oct 29  Jacob Southard     Nov 10  Jacob Warlan     Nov 15  Asa Dunlap      Cornelius Linch     January 16 1818  Thos Carr     July 25  Zephah Blatchley      James Punwoody      Richard Hall     July 30  Uriah Glover     Aug 24  Alexander McDonald     25  Charles McDonald     26  Henry Fisher     29  John Carr   

about the 10th of Decr 1831 at the house of the late William Davis Esq. in the presence of Joseph Vanmeter Esq.
The State of Ohio, Clinton County, ss.
I, Francis Morris, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Clinton aforesaid, do hereby certify that Joseph Vanmeter, Esq. before whom the within deposition of William Wilson was taken, and whose signature ap- pears to the Certificate attached to said deposition, was at the time of taking said deposition, and now is, an acting Justice of the peace within and for the County of Clinton aforesaid, duly elected, commissioned and qualified, and to all his acts as such, due faith and credit is due and ought to be given, as well in Courts of Justice, as elsewhere; and also that his said signature is genuine.
In testimony whereof I have set my hand, and affixed the Seal of our said Court of Common Pleas of the County aforesaid, at Wilmington, the 17th day of October, 1837.
Francis Morris, Clerk.

Wilmington Ohio
October 25 Ohio
Full
Double Lewis Log Sec 11 v
Washington City

Wilmington Oct 17 th 1832
Sir
I herewith enclose the papers of Thomas Gaddis for a pension and have only to remain that we will do all in our power as it may be for our call. Sometime since I received the disavowal of William Robinson, Isaac Grant, John Hall, Isaac Shields, Elijah Polk John Allen, John Woodhouse, William Lloyd and from which they are very desirous to hear from Sir Respectfully yours - very Humble Servt
Should see you soon
Benjamin Hinkson
P.C

1878
Fort Riley P. September 1878.
I received your favor of the 24th inst. and must say was very much pleased for being the only one who got the Men ready that I requested for the Expedition into the Indian country I would have the Men all ready prepared for a March with their Arms, Ammunition & Clothing in the best order they can, at a moment's warning when I shall want them, which I will give information of in time. I will not desire them to leave into the City as it is infested with the small Pox - but should be very glad to see yourself when there as you promise - As I am informed this day Fort Riley at Whaling is evacuated, which leaves the whole frontier of a strong  strong exposed. I would have the Men at a moment's notice, ready  ready Jackson's Fort, towards Fort & Mitchell Fort immediately. I remain here at Whaling, & divided between that Fort & Green Creek, which is about twelve miles below Whaling. It is a common pass for Indians into your country. They will receive directions from Mr. Garrison, whom I have instru- cted with respect to all posts, when they go to them. I am Respectfully &c. Your most obedt. Servt. Lieut. Genl. Nelson?
Col. Judd. - Monongahela Country. -

Report of the officers and soldiers now in actual service in Menominee County at the different Stations — under the Command of Col. Gaddis —
  At Fort Prickett.  1 Capt.  1 Ensign  1 Sergt.  25 Privates.    Fort Scott  1 Lieut.   2 ditto  25 ditto    Fort Stradler  1 Capt.  1 Ensign  1 Sergt.  25 —    Fort Scott  1 Lieut.   2 ditto  25 —    Fort Jackson.  1 Lieut.  1 Ensign  2 ditto  25 —    Fort Linn.  1 Capt.  1 Ensign  1 ditto  25 —  

For
Col. Gaddis
(13)
Mark
By Wm. Garland

Public Service Sub. 2 N. York
Mr Col. Thos. Gaddis Monongahela Country Robt. Campbell Esq.
2128

2648 P. O. Box Newcastle
To An Public Service
The Lieutenant of Monongahela County or to Col. Gaddis.
Yours Col. Gaddis
6/1/50

MRS. GEORGE W. MCCOY 314 SOUTH MANHATTAN PLACE LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
October 22, 1927
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington D. C.
Gentlemen;-
Will you please send me the history of Colonel Thomas R. Gaddis who was born in Frederick Co., Va., in 1742, and died in Clinton Co., Ohio in 1834! He is said to have been placed on the pension roll in 1832.
I shall appreciate all of the data which your office can supply and if there is a charge shall be happy to remit.
Very truly yours,
Mrs. George W. McCleane

Ohio 7790. No. 7790.
Thomas Gaddis of Clinton Co. in the State of Ohio. who was a Col. in the _____ commanded by Captain _____ of the _____ commanded by _____ in the Virginia line for two years.
  As Col.  3 mos.  75.00    " Lt. Col.  8.23  219.15    " Captain.  12.7.  244.66      538.82  
Inscribed on the Roll of Ohio. at the rate of 538. Dollars 82. Cents per annum, to commence on the 14th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 2 nd day of April, 1833 and sent to Mrs. Wilkinson, Wilmington Ohio.
  Arrears to the 14th of Mar. 1833.  1077.64    Semi-ant. allowance ending 4. Sept. 1832.  269.41     $1347.05  
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by _____ Clerk. Book 6; Vol. 8; Page nine.
Va. 3 rd Reg. Pa. Lines. Records completed Dec. 4, 1906. B

✓ Stamped envelope
Brownsville, Pa.
Sept. 11, 22.
Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Wishing to become a member of the D.A.R. Society, I would like to have pension records of the following Revolu- tionary Ancestors:-
Col. McClelland's heirs, John McClelland

Col. Gaddis (Thomas Gaddis) and John Hopewood (1791-1861)
Thanking you for the information concerning these men, I am
Respectfully yours, Lillian M c Clelland Browning

1420 Logan St., Denver, Colo. Mar. 16, 1915.
The Pension Bureau, Washington, D.C.,
MAR 22 1915
Gentlemen: Will you kindly furnish me with some information as to the services in the Revolutionary War of the three following soldiers?
1. Colonel Thomas Gaddis, of Fayette County, Pennsylvania. 2. None Joseph Whitehill, of Lancaster Co. Pennsylvania. 3. cannot identify James Smith, of Powhatan Co. Virginia, a preacher, called Reverend Jas. Smith.
Yours very truly, (Miss) Edith W. Smith 1420 Logan St., Denver, Colo.

Klamath Falls - Oregon June 10 - 1924
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:-
I am writing in the interest of Mrs E. R. Reames of this City who wishes to become a D. A. V. Mrs Reames is a great great grand-daughter of Colonel Thomas Gaddis who received a pension as a Revolutionary Soldier.
Can you send me information

from your Pension records that will enable me to make out Mrs Reames' D. A. P. application?
I am not a paid genealogist. Mrs Reames is an old friend of mine and asked me to help her get this record.
Thanking you in advance for any information along this line, I am
Yours very Truly
Nellie Rose Jones Genealogist for Eulalona Chapter D. A. P.
Mrs Wilbur A. Jones 215 High Street Klamath Falls - Oregon.

Klamath Falls. Oregon
June 30- 1924
U. S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D. C.
Dear Sir:
My great great grandfather, Colonel Thomas Gaddis, was then in command of the American forces in Kentucky campaign in Ohio. In 1816 Colonel Gaddis removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio and toward the close of

his life, received a pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
Will you please furnish me with official proof of all information contained in his application for pension?
I wish to give the D. A. V. Society on this record provided I can obtain official proof of same.
Thanking you in advance, I am,
Yours very truly
(Mrs E. P.) Jennie E. (Bee) Reames
address Mrs E. P. Reames % Mrs Wilbur Jones 215 High Street Klamath Falls - Oregon.

337 Federal Building Detroit, Michigan March 1-16
Sir:-
Will you please furnish me a copy of "A Statement of the Military History of Colonel Thomas Gaddis in the Revolution."? I have recently learned that your Department has such for distribution.
Very respectfully
Edw W. Lewis
Bureau of Pensions, Washington D.C.

Seymour Iowa
April 24-1911
Bureau of Pensions --
Washington D.C.
Gentlemen,
your letter of the 14 th received. In reply can state that I do not wish to file claim on account of any services. Only want to prove that I am eligible to become a member of The Daughters of American Revolution. Col Thomas 4272 Gaddis, and Major Springer, did service in Greene and Fayette counties Pennsylvania, at about the time of the breaking out of the war. Col Thomas Gaddis was third in command, in the Sandusky campaign, he was also builder of Old Fort Gaddis, near Uniontown Pa. Col William Crawford was also with Col Thos Gaddis and Major Springer any information of Col Thos Gaddis or Major Springer will be very gratefully received. Very Resp'y. Miss Dorah Gaddis, Seymour Iowa.

1911 May 1 Hist. to Dorah Gaddis V.I.M. 1913 Apr. 1 Hist. to Edith W. Smith 1916 Mar. 10 Hist. to Edm. R. Gaddis 1918 Mar. 26 Hist. to Josephine H. Gaddis Letter in cl. of Rott. H. Gaddis W.F. 2 p. 1918 June 15 Hist. to Mrs. W. C. Stewart 1919 Dec. 4 Hist. to Eva Freeman 1922 Oct. 7 Hist. to Mrs. Lillian McClellan Brown 1924 July 21 Hist. to Mrs. J. A. Jon. 1924 Oct. 4 Hist. to Mrs. J. A. Jon. 1926 Mar. 3, Mrs. W. M. Gaddis nifd. names of Priscilla Glover's children not on record. aw 1928 Jan. 8 Hist. to Mrs. V. M. Gaddis 1928 Aug. 16 Hist. to Mrs. McCoy 1932 June 15 Hist. to Mrs. D. E. Gaddis 1939 Dec. 9 Hist. to Mr. Rumney also to Sibley B. Gaddis
Rev Mar
4292 INVALID.
File No. 4292
Thomas Gaddis Col. — Line
Act: June 7, 1832
Index: — Vol. A, Page 136
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Rev Sec
Gentlemen,
Can you give me any information concerning my ancestors Col. Gaddis, William McCoy, and Isaac McCoy, all of whom are supposed to have fought in the Revolutionary War.
Did any of them draw pensions?
Thanking you
Sincerely,
June 7/1918.
Mrs. M. C. Stewart. 1007 S. Ind St., Greencastle, Indiana

W. H. ... Apr 19 1914
Dear Sir,
I am sure you have seen a of Col. Thomas ... who was third in command of ... He has a very interesting He was a colonel of the ... Westmoreland ... 1914 ... ..
I would like to ... .. ... .. ... .. ... ..
... .. I am ... ..

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6107 Harwood Ave, Oakland, Cal. Jan. 19, 1926
The Board of Physicians, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sirs:-
I am seeking to verify the fact that Barnum Gloom, born Shelby Co. Ky 1810 - was the grandson of Col. Thos. Gloom and Hannah Rice; and the son of Col. Thos. Gloom and Hannah Rice; Col. Thos. Gloom served in the war of Indepe- ndence in Penn. - was born in Va. Dec. 2, 1742. He died in Clinton Co. Ohio on Jan. 10th, 1834. I understand that Col. Gloom applied and received a pension in his 90 th year and received his pension and died in 1834. I also have the names of his grandchildren, Will you please let me know if he mentions the names of his daughters and and their names; I am John Barnum Gloom my grandfather.
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Also that we may have a Grand Jury summon against August Tern and many other matters of importance to be here mentioned
I am Sir your very obedt Servt
Daniel M. Harland
PS. Summons all the Evidences you know of against or for Col. Morgan In particular Capt. Far Daugherty a the Commission of which is to be Examined into by an Act. Rendered to the Governor.
I also Enclose to the President of the Council of State, by which you'll see that the Conduct of Col. Morgan is to be Examined into strictly & sent to the Governor Genl.
D. M. H.

Documents of Col Thomas Gadell.

July 23 rd 1857
Application of Thomas Gaddis decd Ohio
Dear Tristram
Irascens Pension.
Wilkins & Coombs Atty.

POWER OF ATTORNEY—Revolutionary Pension Claims.
Know all Men by these Presents, That I, Rice Gaddis , one of the surviving children of Thomas Gaddis deceased, who was a revolutionary pensioner at the rate of $538. 82 /100 per annum, for myself, and William Gaddis & Leah Wammell the remaining surviving children, hereby constitute and appoint J. J. Coombs of Washington City my true and lawful Agent and Attorney, to prosecute the Claim of said Thomas Gaddis deceased for any amount of Revolutionary Pension, or Increase of Pension, that may be due; and I hereby authorize my said Agent to examine all the papers and documents in relation to said claim, on file in the Departments at Washington City, or elsewhere; to file additional evidence or arguments; and to receive the Certificate which may be issued for said Claim, which Certificate I wish made payable to myself and the other surviving children above named to appoint one or more substitutes under him for the purposes herein expressed; and to do all things that I might or could do were I personally present. .Hereby ratifying and confirming all that my said Attorney and Agent shall lawfully do in the premises.
WITNESS my hand and Seal this 12 th day July A. D., 1851.
Rice Gaddis
Seal
Signed and Sealed in the presence of
A. L. Seville J. R. Stanley
STATE OF Ohio
COUNTY OF Clinton
} ss:
On this ninth
day of July
A. D. 1851
before me, the subscriber, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County aforesaid, personally appeared Rice Gaddis and acknowledged the foregoing Power, of Attorney to be his act and deed, for the purposes therein mentioned.
IN TESTIMONT WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand, } the day and year aforesaid.
Amos L. Seville J. Peace.

Claim of Thomas Gaddis Act of 7 th June 1832
STATE OF Ohio } ss. COUNTY Clinton }
Be it known, That on this Twelfth day of July A. D., eighteen hundred and fifty one , before the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared Price Gaddis a resident of Union Township in said County, and made oath according to law that he is the son of Thomas Gaddis deceased
who was a Revolutionary Pensioner
at the rate of Five hundred thirty eight 82/100 Dollars per annum; that he has been informed that the said Pension ought to be increased; that he is directly interested as a claimant in said Pension, and makes this affidavit to be filed with such additional evidence or arguments as my Agent may use in prosecuting said claim.
Sworn to and subscribed, the day and year aforesaid, before me. }
A. S. Brantley J. Peace.
near T. B. Stanley
Price Gaddis
I, A. S. Brantley Justice of the Peace, in and for said County do hereby certify that Price Gaddis who executed the foregoing paper is a respectable resident of this County, and is, I believe, directly interested in said claim as therein set forth.
A. S. Brantley J. Peace.
State of Ohio Clinton County ss.
I, A. E. Strickland Clerk pro tem of the of the Common Pleas Court in the County and State aforesaid, do hereby certify that Amos T. Spencer before whom the foregoing papers were executed, was, at the date of the same, a Justice of the Peace in and for said County, duly authorized by law to administer oaths; and the name thereunto subscribed, is his signature.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my official Seal, this twelfth day of July A. D. 1851.
A. E. Strickland Clerk pro tem

STATE OF Ohio COUNTY OF Clinton } ss.
It is hereby certified that satisfactory evidence has been exhibited before me Prothon Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County aforesaid that Thomas Gaddis (who) was a Revolutionary Pensioner of the United States at the rate of $ 538.82 as is said per annum) and that he died on the Tenth day of June eighteen hundred and thirty four leaving surviving children. Rice Gaddis, William Gaddis Leah Rannells and Ruth McCoy , and that the said Rice Gaddis, William Gaddis, Leah Rannells and Ruth McCoy are the only surviving children of the aforesaid. Thomas Gaddis , and that no widow now survives him.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my seal of office this twelfth day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty One at Wilmington in the County of Clinton aforesaid
A. C. Strickland Clerk pro tem.